New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-17
BITS OF INCIDENT AND CHAT.
BRIEF NOTES ABOUT MEN AND AFFAIRS IN
TIE METROPOLIS

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BRIEF NOTES ABOUT MEN AND AFFAIRS IN
TIE METROPOLIS
"Jerrv Rusk the big Governor of Wisconsin. is the
strongest man that know OF ANYWHERE, said Thomas
NJ Nicho in a group in the Fifth Avenue Hotel the
other night. He suspend thousand pounds from
his shoulders and walk around with 1t "a easily rs
could with twenty pounds. He Ia n rough diamond
was up in Milwaukee just after The riots last year. In
which he distinguished himself by prompt and enerestc
action in putting down the rioters was sitting aoug
side the Governor In front OF the Plankngton House
when said to him. Governor you ought to BIO careful
about what you do nowadays. You getting great
deal of prominence and you must be careful OF your
record. You might DO candidate for President The
big fellow looked at cool as cucumber and
sad By the eternal, Nicho believe could be Presi-
dent IL these rioters would only keep 1t up"
Governor Rusk was originally stage driver and q
country Keeper He has always been noted for
the rouaness OF speech which he acquired In the carly
days Of staging and tayernkeeping on the frontier An
incident is related of visit he paid to Mentor after Gen.
eral Garfield was elected President He had been chat
ing with General Garfield for time when he broke
into TRADE Of abuse OF President Hayes friend who
was present took up the conversation saying to
Rusk: "Now. Governor think that Hayes has made a
pretty good President In fact know he has. Inever
found anybody who abuses him as you do who did not
have some personal grudge Most of them wanted an
probable II you had been made Commissioner Of Agrcu
ture you would sounding his praises instead OF
attacking him in this violent manner" Rusk protested
vehementy that this not the and to maintain
his position said: When Hayes was In Congress no
made no record there" "But man makes record In
Congress in single term was the response OF the other
gentleman Hayes there only two years You
yourself made no record in your first term" At this
auson to his own record Governor Rusk drew his big
frame to its taest height put his thumbs into the arm
holes OF his waiscoat as ne inflated MS CHEST anu re-
my first term. BY blank. sir called fellow blank OF
BLANK ana 70 rn Sx That was record
enough for terml" The argument closed at this
point
"The handsomest men in New-York," said we'll
known physician the other day, are the bartenders
The modern bartender of rscass barroom is required
to be absemious In his habits Saloon keepers as rule
do not want around them who drinks. The result
is that the bareners good competitions and clear
eyes, They have plenty Of time TO pay attention to their
personal appearance and class up better than
any other set OF men IN New.York You might put
hundred Of them in ball room and they would outshine
the pick and flower of NewYork aristocracy"
Theodore Rcksecker, the perfume manufacturer looks
like a Frenchman by reason OF his round face and
Napoeonic mustache and goatee As matter OF sober
Iact he born in Ohio and developed In New YORK
City He has branch mandatory In Canada FOR the
supply Of the Canadian trade.
guest Of the Metropolitan Hotel during the week,
who sailed for Europe yesterday, General Hicken
looper OF Cincinnati. who Lieutenant OF
Ohio during the second administration Of Governor
Foster His nomination was due TO his German name
and descent although the General 10 Of American BIRTH
He Is small man. of nervous type and temperament,
with high, roundy retreating forehead and soidiery
mustaohe and chin uft Of grayish brown He Is presi
dent Of the largest gas company In Cincinnati and has
accumulated considerable wealth.
The hotels Of the city passing through their usual
summer dulness. The number Of guests has fallen of
heavily within the last three or four weeks at all the
bosteres owing partly to the departure OF large num-
Der Of hotel guests for Europe and parity 10 the heated
| term.
| In a business Office downtown yesterday group OF
men was discussing imprudences In writing letters,
when Of them said: had an early lesson In that
matter which gave a very safe rule to follow IL was
! when was quite young and had dispute with man
whose Office just the street from my own In
great anger sat down and wrote him letter which,
while expressed all my feelings regarding the differ
ence between u.s. put completely in his power legally
within twentyfou- hours 1 found out what mistake
had made the town there was An old attorney
who had been Of friend to me thRn legal coun;
legal cared anything about fees and he
proved good friend to me in this instance stated the
should do. He told to walt in bi, Office few min
duser that reached down to his knees and go ambng
of the Office while my heart was In my mouth Tor
# was about fifteen minutes until he came back BY
what means he accomplished his mission never knew.
his hat he gave me the letter that had sent to my
enemy; Now, young man he SAID, let s me give you
what you his face 1t the rule that have
followed ever since"
This bit of experience drew out relation Of the habit
of g. w. Dorsey In the Natter Of correspond
ence 1t Is said that when he has finished answering
his days mail he will look the stack of addressed
letters that he has piled up at his elbow and selecting
one after another from the lot tear at least half OF
them Come one asked him one day what he was doing
and he replied; am simply exercising my Judgment
frequently mp half the letters that have written
The name of Colonel A. W. soper mentioned as
ono of the guests Of OK State Senator Arke at Caao
barie on Sunday last where II was said political con-
ference was held. Colonel soper is a bgheadcd, big
framed man of blond complexion, with blue eyes,
yellow bristling Inustache and goatee, who has been
taking great interest several years in tariff organza
ton He has also been in the railroad business for
number of years. and Ia engaged in the promotion Of
railroad inventions OF various kinds He Is OF tho
Of the projected railroad from Cansoharie to
| ably had more OF business than politics In It,
Iwas In dentists office uptown the other day where
woman was seated in the chair, when noticed flash
ing light from point Of OF her front teeth which
struck me as being the reflected rays from diamond.
said as much to the dentist when he came to speak
with me- and he astonished me by replying: That is
ust what 1t M 1t is frequently the case that we have
ladies come here whose front teeth are so badly injured
that filling them with gold produces a dsagrceable
annearance BY putting In small diamond with gold
Skiing the disbursement is less noticeable. had
| markable not long since wealthy California
Gentleman brought to his daughter to have her teeth
Examined One Of her upper front teeth had the
peculiar formation Of pearl The pearl was not com
cond be- no mistake about it. The companion tooth
was badly decayed and her father desired to have da
present time but is soon going abroad to finish hcr edu
cation"
rup PITY OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY